In each of the issues presented in the book, from race, class, and religion, the women of these Arizona towns play an important role, thus it is safe to assume that it is Gordon’s intention to emphasize the women’s function. First, before being able to examine the women’s role in the titular abductions, it is important to note the women’s role in society. Gordon succinctly clarifies this role by writing, “Not only did men long for women, they longed for wives, and the presence of a few women only intensified that feeling.” Women were highly regarded in this society, as there were so few of them.
The protagonists of both Erik Larson’s the Devil in the White City and Denis Johnson’s novella Train Dreams share similar experiences despite being located in different parts of the country. “That he'd taken on an acre and a home in the first place he owed to Gladys. He'd felt able to tackle the responsibilities that came with a team and wagon because Gladys had stayed in his heart and in his thoughts.” (Johnson, 82). At a time where women are beginning to venture out and become increasingly present in society, Grainier acknowledges the strength and support he received from his late-wife Gladys.
One obstacle is gender equality, the ranch is a “male-dominant” society where women are seen as untrustworthy. The fact that Curly’s wife is the bosses wife is the true cause of her alienation. However, the simple fact that she is a female separates her from interactions with others as seen when the men refer to her as having “the eye” (28). Here the men refer to everything they think women are – a distraction and temptation for men, instead of actual human beings. Candy is also oppressed in a social inequality as he is afraid that when he is too old to work, he will be thrown out of the “ash heap”, a victim of a society that discriminates against the disabled and has no value for age or experience.
Stage 1 English Text analysis Sace# 798905X “How does writer Annie Proulux’s use the stylistic features of setting, symbolism and assumed gender roles to explore concepts?” No one has time to listen to the news- with to what seems like a never ending cycle of quiet disappointment Annie Proulux’s “Job history” follows the life of Leeland Lee a high school dropout in Cora, Wyoming attempting to find a stable successful career in a country going through a recession to support his wife and children. Ideas of discontent and human impact are exemplified through stylistic features of setting, symbolism and assumed gender roles.
The imaginative story written above is an exploration on the ideas and concepts based on Margaret Atwood’s discursive text ‘Spotty Handed Villainesses’. It explores and addresses the ideas of ‘female bad behavior’ and challenges the idea that there are good and bad women, not both in this world as well as how society has created standards and a status quo around what a good or bad woman looks like. Margaret Atwood uses many techniques throughout her speech, including narrative voice, metaphors, tone, rhetorical questions and more. These language techniques can be seen throughout the many texts we have done in Module C: The Craft of Writing.
The symbolism has a double meaning in playing with the common idiom “wearing the pants in the house” indicating that she is in control of the household challenging common stereotypes as women are not known to be in charge of the household as women were stereotypically suppressed by the patriarchy and how she is literally wearing pants. This challenges the common stereotypes as the protagonist picks up masculine traits of being in charge which is unusual for a woman to be doing. The Australian identity is shown by portraying women as strong homemakers who can handle anything thrown their way while men are expected to be brave and fearless in all situations. Therefore Lawson's ‘Drover’s Wife’, displays bravery in the face of adversity, amplifying the typical strength of rural citizens and has the protagonist, the drover's wife, embody these qualities as she faces various challenges alone while her husband is away. Indigenous perspectives are prominent and inform a deeper connection to Australian culture.
Individuals are consistently pressured by gender expectations within societies, predominantly in rural towns during the 1960’s. Silvey’s utilisation of characterisation and point of view of Charlie Bucktin presents the traditional gender roles in Jasper Jones, set in Australia during the 1960’s. As Charlie prepares himself to set foot on a journey with Jasper Jones, he noted his appearances and display of femininity: “…the application of pansy footwear, is my first display of girlishness… I jog back with as much masculinity as I can muster, which even in the moonlight must resemble something of an arthritic chicken.” This excerpt shows that Charlie is challenged by Corrigan’s gender expectation of masculinity.
Within the crime fiction genre, authors bring light to various social issues. In Jane Harper’s novel ‘The Dry’, the mental impact and hardship of drought in rural Australia are explored, thus highlighting the prevailing social issue of climate change. Additionally, domestic violence is emphasised through the portrayal of Mal Deacon, an alcoholic with a violent tendency who is exposed as the cause of the unfortunate fate of his victim and daughter, Ellie. Grant sexually and physically abused Ellie throughout her teenage years, causing a myriad of impacts on her and her friend’s lives on top of the burden of living in drought. The author uses the inclusion of these social issues to allow readers to gain insight and inspire change.
In Victorian society, women had the choice between two roles: the pure woman or the fallen woman. Bram Stoker plays with these anxieties revolving around female sexuality – he follows the gothic tradition of innocent damsel in distress against looming evil. The narrative structure Stoker imploys to the text through intertextuality reveals multiple point of view distinguishing a duality in Lucy - her true self and 'thing'. In order to cope with Lucy’s worsening condition, the male authoritative figures of the text assign a duality present in Lucy to make sense of her shifting from “pure woman” to “fallen woman”. Stoker exhibits in the structure of the multi-faceted narrative how certain characters are unable to cope with the duality present
It is quite alone, standing well back from the road, quite three miles from the village. It makes me think of English places that you read about, for there are hedges and walls and gates that lock, and lots of separate little houses for the gardeners and people”(Gilman). This quote is showing people at the beginning of the story how she views her situation. She 's in love with where she is and what she has.
Netflix has taken over the world. Everyone from children like the 7 year old girls I babysit, to my Grandma utilizes this website as a form of entertainment on a regular basis. Sidneyeve Matrix is a teacher at Queen’s University and teaches media, marketing and mass communication. She’s had digital media and pop culture research published by Critical Survey, Ethnologies, Topia, Storytelling, Animation, and CCL/LCJ. One of the articles she has written is titled The Netflix Effect: Teens, Binge Watching, and On-Demand Digital Media Trends and demonstrates some issues with the growing popularity of binge watching.
There are many lessons throughout the novel that could be taught and learned in our world, this society, today. They may be true; however, the reasons the lessons are taught in the first place is because of the society being presented in this literary work, The Road. This gives the sociological approach a more appropriate understanding approach to the road. The society and the characters can be analyzed thoroughly and effectively this way. “When your dreams are of some world that never was or of some world that will never be and you are happy again then you have given up.
“I only feel it’s worth writing a book if I have something important to say,” the author of Animal Dreams stated (Ryan). Throughout the novel, Barbara Kingsolver chooses to include numerous subjects like parental relationships, Native Americans, U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, and most importantly, ecofeminism (Kingsolver, Barbara and Lisa See 46). Based on her book Holding the Line, which covers the great Arizona mine strike of 1983, Codi and her female town friends are devoted to the protection of their homeland ecological system. Because of the role of women and their devotion to the environment, one of the most prominent themes is ecofeminism. Codi’s gradual maturation and love for the environment, Hallie’s strength and bravery, and the women of the Stitch and Bitch club all represent the ecofeminist aspect of the novel.
In “The Road Not Taken” a traveler goes to the woods to find himself and make a decision based on self-reliance. The setting of the poem relays this overall message. Providing the mood of the poem, the setting of nature brings a tense feeling to “The Road Not Taken”. With yellow woods in the midst of the forest, the setting “combines a sense of wonder at the beauty of the natural world with a sense of frustration as the individual tries to find a place for himself within nature’s complexity” (“The Road Not Taken”). The setting is further evidence signifying the tense and meditative mood of the poem as well as in making choices.
The role of women in literature crosses many broad spectrums in works of the past and present. Women are often portrayed as weak and feeble individuals that submit to the situations around them, but in many cases women are shown to be strong, independent individuals. This is a common theme that has appeared many times in literature. Across all literature, there is a common element that causes the suffering and pain of women. This catalyst, the thing that initiates the suffering of women, is essentially always in the form of a man.
